Mirror's Edge

DICE's Vision Accomplished

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Nov 19, 2008 11:52PM PST

Mirror’s Edge is a game that defies traditional game
journalism. We’ve heard this before, of course, and it usually
comes from the mouths of the ‘hardcore elite’ who proudly
exclaim that the rest of us “just don’t get it.” The
thing is, after reading EGM’s three-person review of the game, I
had to admit that all three of them did get it. The game
brings a unique feeling of space, speed, and dexterity to a genre that
has never had any of the above. The reviewers got that, and it was
duly noted in their reviews. So why did a game which does something so
utterly unique and new get merely “good” scores? There are
good reasons.